Toshiba 1TB SSD drives are as small as stamps

The group of scientists including Toshiba's experts and lecturers at Keio University, Japan have successfully invented new technology that allows to shrink up to 90% of today's computer hard drive size.

The research team led by Professor Tadahiro Kuroda even succeeded in minimizing the power consumption of the hard drive, only 30% of the type of hard drive in circulation.

New technology allows the manufacture of solid-state hard drives (Solid State Drive) with capacities up to 1 TB but the size is only equivalent to a stamp. The new SSD will include 128 NAND Flash technology chips.

A kind of Toshiba SSD hard drive

They allow data transfer at speeds up to 2GB / sec. This mode of data transmission is based on the signal principle from short intervals and will significantly reduce production costs compared to traditional production methods.

SSDs are used for Notebook, Netbook, game machines and many other products. Toshiba's latest SSD (THNS12GG8BB type) is only 512 GB in size, larger than a pack of cigarettes. Meanwhile, new SSDs with capacities up to 1 TB (twice as large) are just as compact as a postage stamp.

It is known that thanks to NAND Flash technology, SSDs are not only fast on export and write speeds, but also have many advantages such as low power consumption (suitable for battery-powered mobile products such as laptops, mobile phones, digital cameras, digital camcorders, mobile entertainment devices), no noise because no motor is needed such as HDD, especially against strong impact.

Source: Crunchgear